Hot-water bottle



A. R! CHAMBERS.

HOT WATER BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.22, 1919.

1,34, 176.. Patented July 13, 1920..

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A T TORNEV ALDEN R. CHAMBERS, 0F WINTHROP, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOT-WATER BOTTLE.

Application filed April 22,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALDEN R. CHAMBERS, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Winthrop in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements inHotlVater Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to hot water bottles for therapeuticuse andhas for its primary object to provide an article of this character inthe form of a doll or other figure in order that children may be morereadily persuaded to use the article.

Another objectof the invention is to provide a hot water bottle in theform of a doll or other figure and having a portion thereof such as thehead for instance detachable whereby the article may be filled and thedetachable portion replaced to form a 010- sure.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a hot water bottlein the form of a doll having a detachable head whereby the interior ofthe article may be filled, and a funnel portion of flexible materiallocated at the filling opening to facilitate the filling of the article,said funnel portion being foldable for insertion into the head when thelatter is replaced.

In addition to the foregoing, this invention comprehends improvements inthe details of construction and arrangement of parts, to be hereinafterdescribed and particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanylng drawings in which similar and corresponding partsare designated by the same characters of reference throughout theseveral views in which they appear,

Figure l is a view in front elevation of a hot water bottle constructedin accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail view on an enlarged scale showing in section themanner of detachably securing the head in place, and

F g. 3 is a similar View in elevation illustrat ng the funnel portionwhen unfolded for use.

With reference to the drawing, 10 indicates the body or receptacleportion of my improved hot water bottle which it will be noted is in theform of a doll, and 11 indicates a head detachably connected thereto inmanner to be presently seen. The extremities of the figure such as thearms and legs Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1920.

1919. Serial No. 291,900.

I 15 which is vulcanized to the inner surface of the sleeve 13 and whichmoreover extends beyond the latter member to form a funnel portion 16which is flexible and readily foldable. The head 11 is hollow, thickenedat its lower portion and inserted therein is a threaded metallic sleeve17 designed for engagement with the sleeve 13 and provided at itslowerend with an outwardly extending radial flange 18 embedded in thematerial at the neck. The conical portion 14 is formed with a valve seat19 which is disposed parallel to the flange 18 when the head is-insertedin place, and a washer 20 is first applied to the sleeve 13 and restedupon said valve seat whereby said washer may be tightly engaged betweenthe seat and the flange 18 where the head is screwedin place to form awater tight connection.

When the article is to be filled the head is detached by unscrewingwhereupon'the funnel portion 16 will unfold outwardly as shown in Fig. 3thereby permitting the interior of the receptacle to I be readily filledwith hot water. When this is done the funnel portion 16 is foldedseveral times and inserted into the open end of the head 11 which issubsequently screwed in place as shown in Fig. 2. The hot water may nowflow into the head and the entire portion of the article will beuniformly heated.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a novel article which willreadily be appreciated'by children who will use an article of thischaracter in preference to a hot water bottle of the conventional type.more, at othertimes the article may be used as a doll'or toy. As amodification of this arrangement the head may be formed with a malethreaded element and rendered air tight for connection with the threadedsleeve in the receptacle, thereby permitting a whistle to be embodied inthe head which will afford additional amusement when the head issqueezed. In this case however it will be apparent that the funnelarrangement 16 cannot be employed, at least in the manner Further-' setforth above. Other modifications and arrangement will readily occur tothose skilled in the art to which this invention appertains.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree ofparticularity, I realize that in practice various alterations thereinmay be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changingthei'orm of the details of construction or otherwise altering thearrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A hot water receptacle including a body portion of flexible materiala threaded sleeve inserted therein, a hollow head portion, and athreaded sleeve inserted in said head portion for engagement with thefirst mentioned sleeve to form a closure.

2. A hot water receptacle including a body portion of flexible material,a threaded connection formed in the neck thereof, a hollow head portion,a threaded connection in. said head portion for engagement with thefirst mentioned threaded connection, and a funnel portion formed at theneck and adapted to be halded for insertion into fhe head when thelatter is replaced.

3. A hot water bottle in the form of a human figure having arms and legsand said arms and legs hollow and in communication with the same bodyportion whereby hot water may flow throughout the entire interior of thebody and extremities, the extremities of the arm and major portion oftheir lengths, being spaced from the.sides of the body to permit saidarm to be inserted in interstices of portions of a human body.

4:. A hot water bottle in the form of a human figure having arms andlegs which are hollow whereby the hot water may flow throughout theinterior of the body portion and said arms and legs, the neck portionhaving a filling opening therein, and a 1101- low head for attachment tosaid neck portion to be in communication with the interior of the bodyto also receive the hot water therein.

5. A hot water bottle of flexible material in the form of a human figurehaving a filling opening at the neck, a foldable funnel integrallyformed with said neck portion, and a hollow head portion for removableattachment to the neck portion and adapted to receive the funnel whenthe latter is folded and inserted therein.

in testimony whereof I aliix my signature

